Money is nothing

I was looking over my positions this morning, and see than I'm down a few hundred on a YM position. Then I get the news that my dad crashed his truck driving home at 2 am in the morning. He hit ice and slid off the road, almost flipped and crashed. He refused to go to the hospital when the paramedics came and drove his truck home even though the airbags had deployed.

I was angry about my losses before then but I realized how much more upset I would be if something happened to my father. I couldn't care less about a few hundred bucks on the YM or my entire account or savings for that matter. In any civilized country like america if you lose all your money you won't starve. You will be poor but you'll still have your friends and family.

Money should be something we are eager to get just for it's utility, but we should recognize how meaningless it really is if we lose it. If you lose money trading, I don't think you should spend one second being unhappy or cursing. When you think about how much more valuable the well being of a friend or family member is compared to your net liquidation value, you will realize this. It wouldn't matter if I was a billionaire, simple things like the health of my dad would be more valuable to me than all my money.

...my dad crashed his truck driving home at 2 am in the morning. He hit ice and slid off the road, almost flipped and crashed. He refused to go to the hospital when the paramedics came and drove his truck home even though the airbags had deployed.

When you think about how much more valuable the well being of a friend or family member is...

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If there was enough force to deploy the airbags, then there's a good chance your dad has at least a mild concussion, and probably whiplash too.

If you care about him, you'll persuade him to see a doctor, preferably today.

A couple of days of ice and anti-inflammatories wouldn't hurt either (assuming no contraindications).

If there was enough force to deploy the airbags, then there's a good chance your dad has at least a mild concussion, and probably whiplash too.

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On the other hand, if his dad drove the truck that crashed home it couldn't have been that bad an accident.

I totaled my car when someone took an illegal left hand turn in front of me while I was going straight around 45-50 mph. Airbag deployed. I walked away from the car without a scratch, only some pain from the seatbelt locking up. Airbags rock.

Anyway sorry for the tangent - OP you are right, it is good to take a step back now and then to keep what is important in life in perspective.

I'm an MD with some experience in this area, and there are at least four good reasons to get a check-up:

Symptoms are often delayed

Early presentation reduces morbidity

The body's recuperative abilities decrease with age

Even innocuous low-speed accidents can cause injury.

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Lol my dad is a MD. He works as an ER physician which is why he was driving home from work at 2 am. My dad never goes to the doctor, not for checkups or anything. His only apparent injury is some marks below the knee where his legs smashed into the dashboard.